Last Updated: 19-AUG-2018
The Bugman (Ryan Bridge) hosted MOTHER NATURE'S NIGHT LIFE at Brunner Island. The wetlands area is located west of PPL Brunner Island which is a three-unit, coal-fired 1,490 megawatt thermal plant on the west bank of the Susquehanna River in East Manchester Township, York County, Pa., about 15 miles downstream from Harrisburg, Pa.
Ryan set up three generator powered stations, one on a deck next to a wetland area (pond), one near a pond and one on higher ground in a field.
Considering the lights from three large power plants located nearby some interesting insects showed up.
Weather Condition
Camera used: Cannon PowerShot S90
Sunset was at 20:22 Very Slight Wind, light dew and the sky was clear.
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Info on PPL Brunner Island wetlands area.
The light station in the field
The powerplant (4 second exposure)
Dobsonfly is an insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, part of the megalopteran family Corydalidae
Lichen Moth (Noctuiidae)
family Tettigoniidae, known in American English as katydids
The Woolly Bear or Isabella Tiger Moth - Pyrrharctia isabella (This is what the Woolly Bear caterpillar becomes)
Azalea Sphinx
Rosy Maple Moth - Dryocampa rubicunda
Brown marmorated stink bug (the bad one)
Waved Sphinx with a Green Stink Bug (the good one)
Tiger Moth
When I got home took advantage of the clear weather. Some 15 second exposures.
